Wooden wall.



No. 637,937. Patented Nn-v'l 28, |899.

P. F. KESTING.

WOODEN WALL.

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WOODEN WALL.

"sPcn-ICATI'ON forming part ef Letters Patent No. 637,937, datedNovember es, 189e. Application filed January 24, 1899. Serial No.703,234. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, PAUL F. KnsTING, of Ottawa, in the county ofFranklin, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wooden Walls, of which the following is a completespecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

One object of my invention is to produce an improved wooden wallwhich inits pre-Y bers which I prefer to employ consist, as will hereinaftermore in detail appear, of a series of connected bolts. `Through theemployment of bolts, with their threaded nuts, it is practicable toreadily separate the parts as often as required, and my inventiontherefore comprehends aknockdown wooden wall or wall which may bereadily separated into its constituent members for the purpose ofrepairs, shipment, or the like. Within the .term wooden wall77 I includeall forms of wall structure of wood or wood-like material. Withoutattempting to fully enumerate all of such structures contemplated, itmay be well to state that the term is designed to include in buildingswalls both vertical and horizontal--that is to say, side walls,ceilings, and` floors. The term also includes walls of boxes,shipping-crates, and cabinet-work generally. Moreover, the term is notlimited to a plane surface, but includes curved surfaces, such as thewalls of barrels or casks, for example. By way of summary in thisconnection it may be stated that the term wall wherever it is employedthroughout this specification is used in its broadest possiblesignificance.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a perspective View of asection of wall coni, structed in accordance withmy invention and takenfrom the side upon which the alining members are exhibited. Fig. II is asectional view of a portion of my wall, showing a series of bindingmembers in elevation. Fig. III is a side elevation of the matterillustrated in Fig. I. Fig. IV is a perspective view, partially insection, of a fragment of wall member, showing the countersunk re- 6ocesses for the eyebolts and section through the bore provided for one ofthe stayebolts. Fig. Vis a perspective View of a modified form ofwall-section embodying my invention. line VI VI of Fig. V. Fig. VII is adetail sectional view showing the eyebolt at right angles to the view ofit shown in Fig. VI.

Referring to the numerals on Figs. I to IV of the drawings, l indicateseach of a series of 7o boards, planks, or strips of wood, which, beingarranged side by side, and preferably in close juxtaposition, constitutea wall proper, and which for that reason I shall hereinafter designateas wall members.7 members may be arranged in series, each series beingcomposed of any preferred numlber of members of any desired dimensions.

The dimensions of each member and the number of members in each seriesare varied ma- 8o terially in different structures. For example, aseries of members of required dimensions may be employed for one side ofa box, for a floor, or for a wainscoting, or a series may constitute apart of a floor or a part of a wain- 8 5 scoting.

` The several wall members l, that are assembled into a wall-section forwhatever purpose that wall-section is designed to be employed, areunited edgewise by transverse 9o binding members, preferably extending,respectively, through the several assembled wall members. The preferredform of transverse binding members is that illustratedto wit, that ofbolts, which by analogy to simi- 95 lar bolts in cognate arts I shallhereinafter designate as stay-bolts 2. The stay-bolts `may be employedat frequent intervals, the

distances apart being variable to suit the requirements of dierentstructures, and each Ioo bolt is preferably provided upon one end with ahead 3 and on its other and threaded end with a nut 4. The stay-boltsservein themselves to assemble the wall members and to'unity Fig. VI isa horizontal section on the The wall them, collectively, into a singlestructure; but in order to lend rigidity. to the structure and to retainthe outer surface of the members in a uniform, plane, and smooth surfaceI prefer to employ, in connection with them, those which I shall callalining members. Of the valining members I prefer to employ two species,one being members against'which the Wall members are braced and theother members by which the wall members, preferably through mediation ofthe stay-bolts, are attached to the first-named alining members. Therst-named members, which for convenience of designation I shall callbraces, consist, preferably, of pieces of" Wood 5, having, respectively,trued surfaces 6 abutting against the respect-ive surfaces of the wallmembers 1, to which they are applied. The members by which the braces 5are attached to the Wall members through the mediation of the stay-boltspreferably consist of eyebolts 8, each being provided at one end with aneye 9, through which a stay-bolt is inserted, and at the oppositethreaded end with a nut 10 and subsidiary washer 11.

Inasmuch as the eyebolts serve to preserve the surfaces of the severalWall members in a true plane, and as the form of the bolt is susceptibleof variation, I prefer for the purposes of this specification todesignate the members which the eyebolts represent by the broader termtruing-bolts. Itis properhere to note that While in practice thestay-bolts, as well as the truing-bolts, would probably be usuallyprovided with nuts for securing them in their respective positions thenuts are intended merely as representatives of suitable fasteningmechanism, for which any other fastening mechanism may be substituted.

Each Wall member is provided at suitable intervals with a transversebore 12, designed to receive a stay-bolt 2. Upon the end, preferablyeach end of each bore 12 in the edge of each Wall member, I provide acountersunlr recess 13 of suitable contour to accommodate a truing-bolt8. The threaded ends of the truing-bolts respectively extend throughapertures 14 provided for them, respectively, in the braces 5. rI heseapertures for the purposes of adjustment are preferably slightlyelongated, as clearly illustrated in Fig. II.

In practice the several Wall members 1 of a series constituting aWallsection are united by the insertion of the stay-bolts through thebores 12 provided for them, the truing-bolts being first setin place, sothat the eyes 9 thereof, respectively, Will receive the stay-bolts asthey are driven into place. After the members 1 are assembled, withtheir stay-bolts and truing-bolts in position, the braces are thenapplied against the Wall members, their apertures 14 receiving the endsof the trilingbolts. The fastening devices represented, re-

spectively, by the nuts 4 and the nuts and Washers 10 and 11 are thenapplied, and the parts by the tightening of the nuts are-secu red firmlyand rigidly together.

The several members of a Wall-section may be set up in the position theyare to occupy in use, or, as in the manufacture of boxes, they may beotherwise assembled or made ready to assemble and afterward built into,

the structure for which they are designed, as required.

As will be obvious from the foregoing description, the parts may bedisassembled Whenever required by the loosening of the nuts 10 and 4,respectively, and the Withdrawal of their bolts, or the nuts 10 may beslightly loosened and then by the removal of the nuts 4 the stay-bolts 2may be Withdrawn, leaving the eyebolts, `With their nu ts attached, uponthe braces 5. It is practicable also to insert the eyebolts intoposition Without taking off the nuts 10 by passing the eyes 9 throughthe oblong apertures 14 and then turning the bolts in the position toenter the countersunk recesses 13 provided for them.

As has been specified, the embodiment of my invention preferablycomprehends an assemblage of Wall members, transverse binding membersuniting the Wall members and alining members. It has been specified thatthe binding members represented by the stay bolts preferably extendthrough the several wall members l and that the Wall members arearranged side by side and preferably in closejuxtaposition. While, asspecified, that is the preferred form of embodiment of my invention, yetmy invention comprehends the employment of binding members Which do notpass through and are not concealed by all of the wall members, but onlya portion thereof. In Fig. V, I illustrate this modified form of myinvention. In this Iigu re, 16 indicates certain Wall members and 17other Wall members, which are distinguished from the mem-- bers 16 bypossessing greater thickness and less Width. Stay-bolts 19 connect theWall members 17 and, passing through them, are separated from thesurface of the intermediate Wall members 16'. The several Wall membersare held in alinement by the employment of alining members similar' instructure and function to those already described. Such alining membersconsist of braces 20, corre# sponding to the braces 5 previouslyspeciied, and truing-bolts 21, corresponding to the truing-bolts 8 abovereferred to. The trningbolts 21 may pass through Washers 22, located,

respectively, between the surface of the Wall members 16 and thestay-bolts. These Washers may be made of suitable material, rubber beingemployed for some purposes-as, for example, in the construction ofroofs. It has already been specified that eyebolts are preferred to beemployed as truing-bolts. This IOO l'IO

through the braces 20 into the Wall members 17, perform the office oftruing-bolts, being connected not only to the braces and Wall members17, but, through the mediation of the Wall members, with the stay-bolts19, with which in practice they are intended to coperate as individualsof the alining members.

Where rubber washers 22 are employed, it is not necessary to employrubber throughout, but, the purpose of the employment of rubber Washersbeing to prevent the penetration of moisture through the bores providedfor the truing-bolts in the Wall members 16, it is sufcient to employ aWasher Whose outer covering is made of metal or Wood and which isprovided with a core 2401:' rubber.

What I claim is l. A Wooden or like Wall consisting of a plurality ofWall members, united by transverse binding members, passing through andVconcealed by the several Wall members, and alining members secured tothe wall members, respectively.

2. A Wooden or like Wall consisting of a plurality of Wall members,united by transverse binding members, passing through and concealed bythe several Wall members, and alining members secured to the Wallmembers, through the mediation of thetransverse binding members to whichthe alining members are immediately attached.

3. A Wooden or like Wall consisting of a plurality of Wall membersunited by staybolts, truing-bolts connected with the stay- 5. A Woodenor like Wall consisting of a plurality of Wall members, united byaseries of stay-bolts, passing through and concealed by the several Wallmembers, truing-bolts secured to the stay-bolts between the Wallmembers, respectively, recesses in the Wall members for the reception ofthe truing-bolts, braces provided with slots through which the ends ofthe truing-bolts pass, and means for securing the ends of thetruing-bolts to the braces.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a Wall member provided with a seriesof transverse bores adapted to receive stay-bolts, and terminating,respectively, in countersunk recesses for the reception oftruing-bolts,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name.

PAUL F. KESTING.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. DEFORD, G. W. Sr. JOHN.

